The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1924 Page: 4 of 12
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Claiming that after years of study
lie has discovered a new .method of
destroying the boil weevil, E. St.
Amant, a New Orleans florist, has
invited* government agents, studying
this enemy of the southern cotton
farmer, to make an inspection of his
method.
The florist insisted that his meth-
od works like a charm. The idea is
very simple, he said, and consists
of placing a strong light in the cen-
ter of the field at night to attract
the weevils’ natural impulse to fly
toward light. Around this light he
would place a contrivance of his
own invention, from which issues of
strong fire which kills the weevil
instantly.
“X have studied the weevil,” con-
tinued St Amant, “and have learn-
ed that for about one month during
the life of the adult in the summer
it is bothered by light—so much so
that it won’t work on the cotton
bolls in strong moonlight.
“Working on this observation I
fixed up a fire in the field around
a strong light, with a contrivance
that will kill the weevil the instant
* he reaches the light. Following my
experiments I have seen them lying
dead by the millions around the
light.
“One light will clean them out of
a field or two or three acres square.
I found that it will kill a lot of
other pests, too. It would surprise
a planter to be shown the great
quantity and variety of destructive
insects that are found at the base of
this light after one night’s opera-
tion.”
St. Amant declared that if the
government agents find his experi-
ment practicable he will place it at
the disposal of the government.
“The use of the light to draw the
weevils was merely a discovery,” he
stated, “but the contrivance that
kills the pests, once they are at-
tracted by the light, is my own in-
vention.”
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Electric power wires in Blooms-
burg, Pennsylvania, were made hot
enough to melt accumulations of
sleet ana snow.
Water co the extent of 1.500,-
000.000 gallons, and worth about
$200,000 wholesale in New York
City, was lost through the spillway
of the Croton reservoir recently by
an overflow.
;Device rfor^getting',, the tear but'of
mud under its; owm power can be
rdade from .a plank about ?four feet
lohg,” one foot wide and two Inches
thick. A chain is fastened at two
corners of the plank, and when laid
in front of the sunken wheel the
chain is passed around one of the
spokes. By this means the car will
climb up onto the plank and out of
the mud hole. This device is not
bulky and should be carried along
as one of the most useful tools.
Concerning Fuses
Never use a piece of wire in place
of a fuse, except in case of great
emergency. A fuse is intended as a
safely valve to protect the more ex-
pensive parts' of the electrical sys-
tem, and when a wire is used the
cause of the blown fuse may cause
considerable damage. Find the
cause as soon as possible and re-
move it.
Cone Clutch Care
The best time to apply neatsfoot
or caster oil in softening the. leather
of a cone clutch Is at night. After
removing the floor board, hold the
clutch out In some way and apply
the oil liberally. As the clutch is
held disengaged form the flywheel,
the oil will have an opportunity to
soak Into the pores of the leather.
Avoid This Dangerous Habit!
Keep off car tracks. Those rails
may be smoother than the rough
roads, but do not attempt to ride
ver them when it is raining or
snowing. If a sudden stop Is neces-
sary, no breaks can stop the car, as
the locked wheels will act like
.applying the brakes' slowly. ' 5,Tnen
goInto first gear and work, out
slowly. ' ^
Engine Lor®
Many of the difficulties of start-
ing a car are often traceable to a
endition of general neglect of the
engine. The carburetor may need
adjustment for the proper weather
conditions, spak plugs need clean-
nig, a weakened battery, valves that
stick open or leak, or a chpke lever
that has slipped a little, so that
it does not close off all the air
Gears will often shift better, and
the car “buck” less .if the throttle
is set just a little above the idling
Ijosition.
A Home-Made Knock Detector
An excellent kno<?k detector can
be made from an old can and a
piece of 3-16-inch cold rolled steel
or drill rod. The device is con-
structed by threading the rod at
one end for the can. Thread a nut
onto the rod, and then place a
washer against the nut, inset rod
into the hole in the can and fasten
into position with another washer
and nut. Finally solder the lid of
the can in position and the device
is completed. Holding the can
against the car and the rod against
the engine will permit locating the
knock. 9'fSB
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The Dickens You Don’t
“Did you see Oliver Twist, Aun-
ty?”
“Hush, child. You know I never
attend those modern dances.”
Wear-ever and Mirror Aluminum Ware Sale. Prices reduced
for a Few* Days.
vsee stars -and those who attend to
see a great st<^ry, will find- both at
the Liberty Theatre Monday and
Tuesday, March, March 10 and IT,
when Fred Niblo’s “Strangers of the
Night” opens.
All-stars casts a^e some times
discovered to be no-star casts but
Fred Niblo assembled a group of
players who were individually fam-
ous when he began production on
“Strangers of the Night” for Louis
B. Mayer and Metro.
For the role of “Captain Apple-
jack,” made famous in Walter
Hackett’s stage play from which
“Strangers of the Night” was adapt-
ed, he selected Matt Moore. Miss
Enid- Bennett, remembered as Maid
Marion in “Robin Hood,” appears
in the role of a demure little Brit-
ish girl, while Barbara La Marr is
the spectacularly beautiful Russian
adventuress. Robert McKim is
again a screen villain, while such
favorites as .Ott Hoffman, Emily
Fitzroy, Thomas Ricketts and Mat-
hilde Brundage are exceptionally
well cast.
“Strangers of the Night” is a
mystery romance of adventure and
love, and graphically against back-
ground of rare beauty. It opens in
a mansion on the Cornish coast of
England and leads from a drawing
room to a pirate cruise and back
before the unexpected climax is
reached.
“Strangers of the Night” is Fred
Niblo’s second independent produc-
tion for Louis B. Mayer and Metro,
following “The Famous Mrs. Fair,”
“The Three Musketeers,” “Blood
and Sand” and “The Mark of Zor-
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Fulton Ferry in New York Citv
has stopped running.
The Natal Ohani is a device used
in identifying new-born babies in
hospitals It is a fine -gold chain
with a locket bearing b^tb parents’
initials. The mother takes it to
the hospital with her. and the doc-
tor slips it on the child’s neck, wrist
or ankle in the mother’s presence as
soon as the baby is born. It can-
not be unfastened, and is removed
when mother and baby are taken
borne.
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Our Prices Are Right
and
Our Stock Is Complete
House cleaning time is here and
you will save time and money if
you will supply your needs of
brooms, mops, dusters, sponges,
window cleaners and O-Cedar oil
from us'
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One-Sided Town
^ “What town is this?’/
““I don’t see no town.”
“You are looking out the wrong
side of the car.”—Stanford Chapar-
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SPORT GOODS HEADQUARTERS
Fishing Tackle, Golf Clubs, Tennis and Baseball
Goods
“If the world’s chemists and the
world's engineers would hold an-
nual meetings in a friendly spirit,
for the salvation of mankind! If
they could agree together that to
exercise their ingenuity on the per-
fecting of destructive agents for the
use of governments was a crime; to
take money for it a betrayal of their
species. If we could have such ex-
change of international thought as
that, then indeed we might hear the
rustle of salvation’s wings. And—
after all—why not?”—John Gals-
worthy ,
Try a News Want Ad next time.
The Easy-Working
Two-Row Cultivator
This McCormick-Deering two-row cultiva-
tor is equipped with heavy pipe beam,
spring-trip gangs if preferred.
Saves Time and Labor
It cuts the cost of crop production. A labor
saving implement that is in greater demand
than ever before’ It enables one man to do
as much work as can be done by two men
with single-row machines.
LET US DEMONSTRATE IT FOR YOU
Terhune-Orr Implement Co. .
Front Street Opposite Station. Phone 62.
**UPMOBILl engineers
have in the new Hupmobile
given most thought, now ss
always, to the things
for stm longer Ufe. stffl mors
consistent and brilliant per-
formance, still greater power
and smoothness.
To the People of
Electra
At the present time We have no representative in Electra
handling the Studebaker cars.
It is our intention however, to have a salesman represent
us in your city in the near future, a man who will always
be pleased to show you and demonstrate for you, the
Studebaker automobile.
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At Your Service Always
Keim Motor
Company
Scott Ave. Between 6th and 7th Streets.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
C-H Auto Company
G. W. George, Service Dept.
Phone 712
R. N. Richardson, Salesman
Phone 203
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Baker, Verne A. The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1924, newspaper, March 6, 1924; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892692/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.